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Big powers again refer Iran to UN
PARIS, July 12: World powers said on Wednesday they would refer Iran back to the United Nations Security Council after Tehran failed to respond quickly enough to a package of incentives aimed at defusing a nuclear standoff.... 
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US blames Iran, Syria for kidnap of Israeli troops
WASHINGTON, July 12: The US blamed Iran and Syria on Wednesday for the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah militants and for the Israeli military response....
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US conducts test to down ballistic missile
WASHINGTON, July 12: The US military said it successfully tested on Wednesday a missile-shield component built by Lockheed Martin Corp. to shoot down a ballistic missile in the last minute or so of its flight....
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Paralysed man moves cursor thro thought
LONDON, July 12: A paralysed man using a new brain sensor has been able to move a computer cursor, open e-mail and control a robotic device simply by thinking about doing it, a team of scientists said on Wednesday....
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U-turn on detainees raises doubts about ‘war on terror’
WASHINGTON, July 12: A US policy U-turn and an admission that the Geneva Conventions do apply to Al Qaeda suspects raised a new thicket of questions on Wednesday and clouded the legal foundation of the ‘war on terror’....
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Iranians see no war with US
WASHINGTON, July 12: Despite tensions between the United States and Iran over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, most Iranians do not believe the two countries will go to war in the next decade, according to a poll released on Wednesday....
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Moscow, Beijing draft Korea resolution
UNITED NATIONS, July 12: China and Russia introduced a new UN Security Council resolution on Wednesday to compete with a proposal by Japan to impose weapons-related sanctions on North Korea in response to its missile tests....
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First film festival opens in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, July 12: Saudi Arabia’s first film festival opened on Wednesday at the Jeddah Science and Technology Centre on the Corniche, the beautiful sea front of the coastal city....
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Vanuatu is happiest country, says study
LONDON, July 12: The tiny South Pacific Ocean archipelago of Vanuatu is the happiest country on Earth, according to a study published on Wednesday measuring people’s wellbeing and their impact on the environment....
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Blair’s chief fundraiser arrested
LONDON, July 12: Lord Levy, the chief fundraiser for Prime Minister Tony Blair’s ruling Labour Party, has been arrested by police probing allegations favours had been awarded in return for cash, according to media reports on Wednesday....
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3 killed in Lanka
JAFFNA, July 12: Alleged LTTE attacks killed three persons and injured six in northern Jaffna on Wednesday, the military said....
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Bhutanese refugees in Nepal catch Maoist fever
KATHMANDU: By the looks of it, Maoist fever is not confined to Nepal only. Many other countries in the Himalyan range are showing signs of it, hinting that they might have...
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Rajapakse’s desperate attempts for peace
COLOMBO: Eight months after serving as President, Mahinda Rajapakse is a desperate man. All his recent attempts to seek direct contact with the LTTE leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran and the LTTE leadership...
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Minister says Afghan army must triple in size
KABUL: The Afghan army must triple in size to protect this war-wracked country, and the international community should channel money now spent on their own forces into training more local troops, the Afghan defence minister said on Wednesday....
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Muslims give blood to Hindu victims
MUMBAI: Indian Muslims queued for hours on Wednesday to give blood to their Hindu neighbours wounded in the Mumbai train bombings, in a rare show of harmony in a city with a long history of communal bloodshed....
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Afghans get frustrated with rising violence
KABUL: An upsurge in insurgent violence in Afghanistan and deepening public frustration is eating away at domestic support for internationally-backed President Hamid Karzai, analysts say....
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Malaysia to lift ban on BD workers
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will lift a ban on Bangladeshi workers — most of whom are men — to plug a labour shortage, two years after the government barred their recruitment fearing...
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Holiday turns into nightmare
HYDERABAD: The Bhattacharya family had planned three months ago to visit the Amarnath shrine. They had no idea then that their pilgrimage would end on a tragic note....
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